Category: History

Providing detailed discussion of 232 painters, this text stresses the interconnections of painting and sculpture with the other arts, and to social and political conditions. The book reflects the revisionist interpretation of 19th-century art.
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235 Decorative Designs of the Twenties in Color (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

By: Gillet, Henri

Price: $4.55 USD

Publisher: Dover Pubns : 1985-01-01

Seller ID: 0486248038-4-28700691

ISBN-13: 9780486248035

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A basic history of art

By: Janson, H. W

Price: $3.80 USD

Publisher: H.N. Abrams : 1981-01-01

Seller ID: 0130623563-4-23494493

ISBN-13: 9780130623560

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A Biblical Garden

By: Lerner, Carol

Price: $3.65 USD

Publisher: William Morrow & Co : 1982-04-01

Seller ID: 0688010717-3-25890537

ISBN-13: 9780688010713

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

A Book Of Love

By: Eisen, Armand

Price: $5.43 USD

Publisher: Andrews McMeel : 1994-01-01

Seller ID: 0836230655-4-26161599

ISBN-13: 9780836230659

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Designed to generate impulse sales, titles in this line are carefully balanced for gift giving, self-purchase, or collecting. Little Books may be small in size, but they're big in titles and sales.
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A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists, 1854-1967

By: Cohen, Rachel

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: Random House : 2004-03-09

Seller ID: 1400061644-3-23579937

ISBN-13: 9781400061648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

A Concise Encyclopaedia of the Italian Renaissance (237 Illustrations)

By: J.R. Hale [Editor]

Price: $4.49 USD

Publisher: Oxford University Press / Thames & Hudson : 1981-11-01

Seller ID: 0195202856-3-28969647

ISBN-13: 9780195202854

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A Cross Stitcher's Oriental Odyssey

By: Elliott, Joan

Price: $19.71 USD

Publisher: David & Charles : 2001-12-15

Seller ID: 0715311700-11-26180572

ISBN-13: 9780715311707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

American artist Joan Elliot has found inspiration in the colours and serenity of the Far East. Her wonderful designs have been skillfully adapted for cross stitching by American kit company Design Works Crafts. While some of the featured designs are already available as kits, many are exclusive to this book. Three of the most beautiful designs portray women in kimonos Grace, Beauty and Wisdom - echoing the art of the Japanese print. While these may offer a challenge to the more experienced stitcher, there are plenty of smaller designs from which to choose. The beautifully finished projects inc...
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A cultural history of the American Revolution: Painting, music, literature, and the theatre in the Colonies and the United States from the Treaty of ... Inauguration of George Washington, 1763-1789

By: Silverman, Kenneth

Price: $6.56 USD

Publisher: T. Y. Crowell : 1976-01-01

Seller ID: 0690010796-3-26937757

ISBN-13: 9780690010794

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

A cultural history of the American Revolution: Painting, music, literature, and the theatre in the Colonies and the United States from the Treaty of ... Inauguration of George Washington, 1763-1789

By: Silverman, Kenneth

Price: $6.56 USD

Publisher: T. Y. Crowell : 1976-01-01

Seller ID: 0690010796-4-19096566

ISBN-13: 9780690010794

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A Documentary History of Art, Vol. 2

By: Holt, Elizabeth Gilmore

Price: $3.57 USD

Publisher: Princeton University Press : 1982-10-01

Seller ID: 0691003440-3-27105850

ISBN-13: 9780691003443

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

The theory and practice of art underwent a number of fascinating changes between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries, changes which are clearly revealed in this unique collection of letters, journals, essays, and other writings by the artists and their contemporaries. In the poems of Michelangelo, the Dialogues of Carducho, or the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, one discovers the stylistic and philosophical concerns of the artist, while the record of Veronese's trial before the Holy Tribunal, the diary of Bernini's journey in France, the letters of Rubens and Poussin or biographical ...
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A History of American Art

By: Mendelowitz, Daniel M.

Price: $3.77 USD

Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston : 1973-05-31

Seller ID: 0030894751-4-26799106

ISBN-13: 9780030894756

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A New World: Masterpieces of American Painting

By: Theordore E. Stebbins Jr.; Carol Troyen; Trevor J. Fairbrother

Price: $4.08 USD

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston : 1983-08-31

Seller ID: 0878462341-4-26840543

ISBN-13: 9780878462346

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

By: Rockwell, Margaret

Price: $9.75 USD

Publisher: MetroBooks : 2003-12-31

Seller ID: 1586630733-11-17385000

ISBN-13: 9781586630737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Norman Rockwell's skilled hand captured the most heartwarming holiday moments as no one else could. Feel the joy and celebrate the holidays with the best of his Christmas illustrations, done for such publications as The Saturday Evening Post and The Literary Digest, as well as for cards and advertisements. This charming collection presents more than 70 of Rockwell's most beloved scenes --including many rarities--and offers a taste of holiday cheer as seen through the eyes of the master illustrator. It's the perfect gift.

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A Primer on Postmodernism

By: Grenz, Stanley J.

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Eerdmans : 1996-02-06

Seller ID: 0802808646-4-25721211

ISBN-13: 9780802808646

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

From the academy to pop culture, our society is in the throes of change rivaling the birth of modernity out of the decay of the Middle Ages. We are now moving from the modern to the postmodern era.But what is postmodernism? How did it arise? What characterizes the postmodern ethos? What is the postmodern mind and how does it differ from the modern mind? Who are its leading advocates? Most important of all, what challenges does this cultural shift present to the church, which must proclaim the gospel to the emerging postmodern generation?Stanley Grenz here charts the postmodern landscape. He sh...
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A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 1: Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800

By: Boime, Albert

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: University of Chicago Press : 1990-01-15

Seller ID: 0226063348-3-27045567

ISBN-13: 9780226063348

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

In A Social History of Modern Art, a sweeping multivolume social history of Western art from the French Revolution to World War I, Albert Boime moves beyond the concern with style and form that has traditionally characterized the study of art history and, in the tradition of Arnold Hauser, examines art in a broad historical context. Into his wide-ranging cultural inquiry Boime incorporates not only frequently studied mainstream artists and sculptors but also neglected and lesser known artists and unattributed popular imagery. He examines popular as well as official culture, the family as well ...
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A Treasury of Celtic Design

By: Davies, Courtney

Price: $4.34 USD

Publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd : 1999-01-01

Seller ID: 0094787301-3-28093173

ISBN-13: 9780094787308

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

The designs in this volume encompass a wide range of Celtic knotwork, spirals, key patterns and zoomorphic subjects. This treasury of over 100 designs is intented to be a source of inspiration to everyone with an interest in the Celtic heritage.
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A Walk Through the Cloisters

By: Young, Bonnie

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1989-01-01

Seller ID: 0870995332-3-29036938

ISBN-13: 9780870995330

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A Young Painter: The Life and Paintings of Wang Yani-- China's Extraordinary Young Artist

By: Zhensun, Zheng; Low, Alice

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1991-01-01

Seller ID: 0590449060-3-19992177

ISBN-13: 9780590449069

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used: Good

At the age of three, Wang Yani created her first watercolor in her artist father's studio in China. At the age of 14, she had a solo exhibit in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Now young readers can meet the exuberant teenager called the Picasso of China. . . . this book is inspirational as well as instructive. . . . of exceptional value.--Booklist starred review. Full color.
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Actors as Artists

By: Jim McMullan; Dick Gautier

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing : 1992-10-01

Seller ID: 0804817839-3-26188579

ISBN-13: 9780804817837

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Adventures in Western art

By: Krakel, Dean Fenton

Price: $5.08 USD

Publisher: Lowell Press : 1977-01-01

Seller ID: 0913504351-8-4687604

ISBN-13: 9780913504352

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible: Acceptable

Signed by Author
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After Modern Art 1945-2000 (Oxford History of Art)

By: Hopkins, David

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 2000-11-26

Seller ID: 019284234X-4-27546103

ISBN-13: 9780192842343

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Modern and contemporary art can be both baffling and beautiful; it can also be innovative, political, and disturbing. This book sets out to provide the first concise interpretation of the period as a whole, clarifying the artists and their works along the way. Closely informed by new critical approaches, it concentrates on the relationship between American and European art from the end of the Second World War to the eve of the new millennium. Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Yves Klein, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and Damien Hirst are among many artists discussed, with careful ...
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Against the Odds: African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation

By: Reynolds, Gary A.; Wright, Beryl J.; Driskell, David C.; Newark Museum; Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S. C.); Chicago Public Library Cultural Center

Price: $24.78 USD

Publisher: Newark Museum Assn : 1990-01-01

Seller ID: 0932828221-3-28586115

ISBN-13: 9780932828224

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Albrecht Dürer and His Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist

By: Giulia Bartrum; Günter Grass [Contributor]; Joseph L. Koerner [Contributor]; Ute Kuhlemann [Contributor];

Price: $18.03 USD

Publisher: Princeton University Press : 2003-03-10

Seller ID: 0691114935-3-28425080

ISBN-13: 9780691114934

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Albrecht D rer is the most significant and admired artist of the northern Renaissance. Tracing hi
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America's Bounty: Down-to-Earth Foods from the Garden, Orchard, Field, River and Ocean

By: Blake, Kathy

Price: $3.58 USD

Publisher: New Line Books : 1998-11-01

Seller ID: 1880908344-3-28425561

ISBN-13: 9781880908341

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

American Art 1908-1947: From Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock

By: De Chassey, Eric

Price: $4.08 USD

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams : 2002-05-01

Seller ID: 0810963639-4-28451437

ISBN-13: 9780810963634

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Offering a fresh perspective on American art from the first half of the 20th century, this elegant book presents approximately 200 paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculpture by such artists as Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Walker Evans, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ben Shahn, Paul Strand, and Grant Wood, along with works by other well-known and less-familiar artists. All the works are reproduced in stunning full-color and duotone plates. These works have been brought together for a traveling exhibition organized through F.R.A.M.E., a major artistic exchange program between the Unit...
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American Art: History And Culture

By: Craven, Wayne

Price: $5.08 USD

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages : 1993-11-01

Seller ID: 0697167631-4-26716130

ISBN-13: 9780697167637

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

"American Art: History and Culture" is a thorough and engaging chronology of American art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, photography, folk art, and graphic arts.

Wayne Craven presents art and artists within the context of their times, including insights into the intellectual, spiritual, and political environment. Along the way Craven charts the growth of a distinctly American art culture. The resulting book is as much a history of American culture as of American art.
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American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography

By: Brown, Milton W.

Price: $5.08 USD

Publisher: Pearson College Div : 1979-01-01

Seller ID: 0130246530-4-27938242

ISBN-13: 9780130246530

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

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Category: History